Discover Your Ikigai

Explore what you love, what you are good at, what the world needs and what you could be paid for, then turn your ideas into practical career and training next steps.

How Ikigai works

The four areas overlap to help you explore your passion, mission, profession and vocation.

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1. What do you love?

Think about activities, subjects, interests or experiences that give you energy.

Separate ideas with commas or put each idea on a new line.

2. What are you good at?

Include skills, qualities and things other people often ask you for help with.

3. What does the world need?

Think about problems you care about solving or ways you could be useful to others.

4. What could you be paid for?

List jobs, sectors, services or types of work that feel realistic or interesting.

Your Skills Shape Ikigai Summary

This is a reflection tool, not a test. Use your themes to start conversations about jobs, training and next steps.

Your interests
Your strengths
Needs you could contribute to
Possible work directions

Patterns to explore

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